diff --git a/block/quorum.c b/block/quorum.c
index 0bd7545..cfc1436 100644
--- a/block/quorum.c
+++ b/block/quorum.c
@@ -929,7 +929,6 @@
                        Error **errp)
 {
     BDRVQuorumState *s = bs->opaque;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
     const char *pattern_str;
     bool *opened;
@@ -1007,9 +1006,8 @@
 
         s->children[i] = bdrv_open_child(NULL, options, indexstr, bs,
                                          &child_of_bds, BDRV_CHILD_DATA, false,
-                                         &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+                                         errp);
+        if (!s->children[i]) {
             ret = -EINVAL;
             goto close_exit;
         }